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The Homestead Strike Of 1892

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Amid the late nineteenth century and mid-twentieth-century, poor working conditions in numerous industrial facilities drove specialists to battle for a better working condition. One of the many fights for better working conditions was known as the 'Homestead Strike of 1892' and was one of the greatest movement for labor rights. The Homestead Strike consisted of a battle between the Carnegie Steel Company, and the Amalgamated Association. The owner of the Carnegie Steel Company, Andrew Carnegie wanted to bring down the wages of steel workers after the cost of steel dropped in 1890.However, they confronted resistance from the steel laborer's union, and a contradiction over wages turned into a fight for power between the men responsible for the

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